St. Gerard Majella Church a REDEMPTORIST FAMILY 5354 PLANK ROAD • BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70805 Phone: 225-355-2553 • Fax: 225-356-7472 Fr
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St. Gerard Majella Church A REDEMPTORIST FAMILY 5354 PLANK ROAD • BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70805 Phone: 225-355-2553 • Fax: 225-356-7472 Fr. Tat: 312-723-9558 Email: [email protected] www.stgerardmajellachurch.org # Prayer to St. Gerard for HAPPY FEAST DAY OF Motherhood SAINT GERARD MAJELLA O good St Gerard, powerful Gerard Majella was born on April intercessor before God and won- 6, 1726 in Muro, Italy. He was the der worker of our day, confidently son of a tailor who died when I call upon you and seek your aid. Gerard was 12, leaving the family On Earth you always fulfilled in poverty. Gerard tried to join the God's designs, help me now to do Capuchin order but was denied the holy will of God. Implore the because of his ill health. Master of Life, from whom all pa- ternity proceeds, to render me He was later accepted as a Re- demptorist brother serving the Re- fruitful in offspring, that I may demptorist congregation as gar- raise up children to God in this dener, tailor, fundraiser, peace- life, and in the world to come, maker and spiritual adviser. heirs to the Kingdom of His Glory. His intercession is requested for children (and unborn Amen. children in particular), childbirth, mothers (and expectant mothers in particular), motherhood, people falsely ac- cused, good confessions and religious brothers. Vigil on Saturdays at 4 PM He was a man of great depth and insight, prayer and Masses on Sundays at 8 AM and 10 kindness. He was a mystic and a reader of hearts, ever AM seeking to be perfectly obedient to the will of God. Unfor- Mon, Wed, Thurs. Masses 9 AM in tunately his health was never good. He died from tubercu- Chapel. losis on October 16, 1755 at 29 years of age. Gerard was Tuesday OMPH Mass 12 PM in beatified on January 29, 1893 by Pope Leo XIII, and can- Chapel Friday Student Mass 9 AM in onized on December 11, 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X. Church. His Feast day is October 16th. Confession is 3:15N3:45 PM on Sat- urdays and after Masses on weekdays Saint Gerard Majella…….Pray for us. Appointments available upon request OCTOBER 6TH, 2019 PUBLIC SQUARE ROSARY RALLY Please join the 2019 Rosary to pray for the conversion of America. Our naon is in great need of public prayer, repentance and con- version. We ask God to save America through the Rosary of His Most Holy Mother. # SATURDAY OCTOBER 12, 2019 " # $ !#"# 12:00 NOON at St. Gerard Majella Church " # % Delicious food and drink will be provided a er " $#"# prayer. " # % #"# " # % Gratude!!! % #&'(()))*+ We are so grateful to many benefactors, families, friends and parish- " # % ioners who have supported with prayer, flowers, food, drinks, and many more for the Feast of St. Gerard and Fr. Tat’s Installaon: & #"# Bishop Michael G. Duca, priests, Redemptorists and religious, The " &'$( Redemptorist HS Alumni, Michael “Mickey” Wallis, Deaton Family, # $ %') *) +,( - Ruby and Virgil Casemore, Kurt Brown, Miss Boverd Family, Mada !( P/,Q , !1 Clancy, Tony’s Seafood, Hung & Phuong Anh, Dr. Luan & Giang, Viet- & ,#!& - namese community and many more. " 2 3, !4 Through the intercession of St. Gerard, may God bless you abun- " 5 6,) %$) , 7 dantly with joy and peace. - # % , & 2 Fr. Tat T. Hoang, C.Ss.R. Born: May 29, 1972 in Saigon, Vietnam Came to USA with family as polical refugees in 1993 Father: Sac V. Hoang (Deceased) Mother: Thuan T. Truong and family in New Orleans Entered the Redemptorists in San Antonio in 1998 First Profession: August 24, 2002 Perpetual Profession: February 2, 2006 Priestly Ordinaon: July 1, 2006 in New Orleans Ministries: Holy Ghost parish (2006R2008); Vocaons (2008R2015); Social Jusce and Life Direcons (2015R2018); Mexico for language and culture (2018R2019); St. Gerard Majella Church (since July 1, 2019 V ). ! S HAPPY FEASTCATECHISM DAY OF Members of Parish Council BLESSED FRANCIS XAVIER SEELOS. and Finance Council: Francis Xavier Seelos was born on January 11, 1819 in Fussen, Ba- Parish Council: varia, Germany. He was baptized on the same day in the parish church of St. Mang. Having expressed a desire for the priesthood Nancy Spurgeon (Chairperson) since childhood, he entered the diocesan seminary in 1842 after hav- Toni Zito (Secretary) ing completed his studies in philosophy. Soon after meeting the mis- Patrice Braggs sionaries of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), founded for the evangelization of the most aban- Ella Davis doned, he decided to enter the Congregation and to minister to the German speaking im- Marlene Domingue migrants in the United States.On December 22, 1844, after having completed his noviti- Mary Ann Burton ate and theological studies, Seelos was ordained a priest in the Redemptorist Church of Pricilla MacQueen St. James in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. His availability and innate kindness in under- Kathy Pinsonat standing and responding to the needs of the faithful, quickly made him well known as an Ruth Young expert confessor and spiritual director, so much so that people came to him even from Mona Jarreau neighboring towns. Faithful to the Redemptorist charism, he practiced a simple lifestyle and a simple manner of expressing himself. The themes of his preaching, rich in biblical Aries Bell content, were always heard and understood even by everyone, regardless of education, culture, or background. Finance Council: After a brief period of parish ministry in Detroit, Michigan, he was assigned in 1866 to Bill Pizzolato (Chairperson) the Redemptorist community in New Orleans, Louisiana. Here also, as pastor of the Chris Dickerson (Vice) Church of St. Mary of the Assumption, he was known as a pastor who was joyously Sonyja Thomas (Secretary) available to his faithful and singularly concerned for the poorest and the most abandoned. Gayle Couvillion In God’s plan, however, his ministry in New Orleans was destined to be brief. In the Johnny Couvillion month of September, exhausted from visiting and caring for the victims of yellow fever, he contracted the dreaded disease. After several weeks of patiently enduring his illness, Ronnie Collette he passed on to eternal life on October 4, 1867, at the age of 48 years and 9 months. Carrie Russ His Holiness Pope John Paul II, proclaimed Father Seelos Blessed in St. Peter's Square David Boudreaux on April 9th of the Solemn Jubilee Year 2000. His Feast Day is October 5. Fr. Seelos' Top 10 Practical Guide to Holiness 1. Go to Mass with deepest devoon. 2. Spend a half hour to reflect upon your main failing & make resoluons to avoid it. 3. Do daily spiritual reading for at least 15 minutes, if a half hour is not possible. 4. Say the rosary every day. 5. Also daily, if at all possible, visit the Blessed Sacrament; and toward evening, meditate on the Passion of Christ for a half hour. 6. Conclude the day with evening prayer & an examinaon of conscience over all the faults & sins of the day. 7. Every month make a review of the month in confession. 8. 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